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Before the Combine workouts, thought it'd be interesting to rank your top 10 favorite choices for our 1st Rd pick (realistic, basically, not including Clowney, Watkins, etc.) and see how/if that changes between now and the week before the draft. Thought it would be neat to revisit the lists then. Here are mine:

For the record, I think Mosley is probably the single most talented player on this list, I just can't get on board with the position.

Also, I understand Barr is widely projected to go long before our spot, I just don't believe he is quite as special as most and think he will land in our vicinity pick wise.

Your list looks a lot like mine, treat. The only thing different is I would be quite pissed if we took Nix or Kouandjo.

Nix may be a pretty good pro but I just don't see the 3-4 NT as a position with a future in the NFL, at least not until the cycle shifts back to power running. Kouandjo is my least favorite OT. I like Lewan and Moses quite a bit more.

1. Eric Ebron - I have him 1 because I think when it's said and done pretty much every team in the league is going to have him in the middle of R1 or higher on their boards.
2. Kelvin Benjamin - #2 because I think teams are going to disagree on where to rank him. How he runs will determine a lot. It's possible he goes in the 2nd round.
3. Dennard - High position of need.
4. Cyrus Kyuandijo - High ceiling. Could slide him up to 3. Still a position that could use strengthening.
5. Kony Early - I always prefer to see the combine for pass rushers. I'm assuming Barr/Mack are both off the board. Still has a very high ceiling.
6. Hageman

Honorable mention - Aaron Donald. If the first three guys weren't there, I'd consider it and find a way to make it work later if I couldn't trade down or someone unexpected didn't drop. I'm not even that high on Dennard.

I'm not a fan of Mosley at all. Especially for a 3-4.

Just judging the players, there aren't many guys I like at 1.15. I'd grab someone like Van Noy, Amaro, Beckham, Roby etc. before I'd probably take Hageman. I feel better about their long term prospects as players despite probably being poor 'value.' Amaro being the exception because he should go in the 20's.

The only real value I see at 1.15 is at the TE/WR position. It's not even about the fact that I want a big receiving target._________________Mike Tomlin, January 17, 2017 on the avoiding the Patriots in previous playoffs:
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The only real value I see at 1.15 is at the TE/WR position. It's not even about the fact that I want a big receiving target.

I see it as the polar opposite.

I think the depth at receiver, both TE and WR, is amazing this season. It's very plausible to take another position of need in the first and still get an excellent receiving prospect in the second, as you say possibly even Benjamin._________________

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I think the depth at receiver, both TE and WR, is amazing this season. It's very plausible to take another position of need in the first and still get an excellent receiving prospect in the second, as you say possibly even Benjamin.

Possibly Benjamin is the key. I think he has a higher ceiling than the other 'large' WR's maybe with an exception or two.

I would also argue that the TE position is pretty thin in this draft.

Beyond that, the other guys who look to be there at 1.15 are either valued lower or just not as good of players. I defy anyone who tell me why a guy like Haha is even a better safety prospect than the guys beneath him, let alone should be valued at 1.15.

Same thing with the two CB's. I like guys in later rounds MORE than those players. Why would I want to grab one at 1.15?

I think Mosley is a marginal player who poorly fits this defense. I think a guy like Van Noy could be had in R2 is a better player, so why would I want him?

If I had another guy at 1.15 I loved and rated as highly as Benjamin in a deep WR class, I'm not taking either over that guy. But I don't see that a 1.15 right now.

So, that's my logic. The WR position is deep, but they are also just better players than a lot of the guys being discussed. I realize people have very different opinions of the ability draft prospects have, so I'm not saying I'm absolutely right._________________Mike Tomlin, January 17, 2017 on the avoiding the Patriots in previous playoffs:
"They haven't had to go through us, either. Stay tuned!"
Final: 36-17NFL.com-BELICHICK OUTCOACHES TOMLIN YET AGAIN

So, that's my logic. The WR position is deep, but they are also just better players than a lot of the guys being discussed. I realize people have very different opinions of the ability draft prospects have, so I'm not saying I'm absolutely right.

That's a fair response, and I'm certainly not arguing that my valuation of prospects is any better than anyone else's.

While I see the size and mismatch upside that Evans and Benjamin offer, I still question their actual WR skills enough that I don't consider them solid 1st round WRs. For me, Watkins is the only, unquestionable 1st round WR in the class. I would be excited by the potential that Evans and Benjamin bring to the table, and I do think that potential represents the one element the O is missing, but I don't think they are uniquely skilled as WR's. Really, they are just bigger than the other guys this year.

So, I can see the logic in wanting to go another way in the first and pair that with what I see as similarly talented WR's if only a little less acclaimed due to size. Beckham, Landry, Mathews, Lee, Robinson, Cooks, etc.

As far as TE's go Ebron, Amaro, ASJ, Fiedorowiscz, Nicklas are all pretty solid 1st thru 3rd round prospects...which is a pretty big number for the spot. Lots of less heralded guys I like from Grimble to Rodgers to Lynch. I don't know seems like a very deep class for receiving TE's. I absolutely agree that their aren't many complete, 2 way prospects here tho.

I don't think Dix and Mosley are elite prospects. I do consider them solid top 20 prospects tho...lots of good fodder for discussion leading into the draft for sure._________________

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I really don't see the value at #15 unless someone like Barr or Mack falls.

So I'll base mine on us trading back into the 20's.

1. ILB Mosely
2. WR Benjamin
3. S Pryor
4. CB Fuller (when it is all said and done I think he'll be the guy we pick)
5. TE Ebron

To be perfectly honest I'm more excited about the prospects in the 2nd-5th rounds than anyone from the first._________________"When asked which player he has coached over those 33 seasons that he’d pick to build a defense around, LeBeau answered almost immediately: Greg Lloyd"